Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The current activity in the Deputy's county delivers over 82,000 hours per month over the plan already agreed for 2012. The Cork city team and management of professional staff are working so that it can be realised in a measured and appropriate manner. It is not a case of simply having a blanket reversal but rather making an adjustment which is not without difficulty for some people. For those with an assessed medical need, the HSE has been instructed by the Minister that such people be treated sensitively.

We can all come up with individual cases straying outside that boundary. The Deputy asked me to reverse these but that is impossible. The managing professional teams dealing with the issue - I met some service providers when I was in Cork recently - must work in a measured and sensitive fashion, so those who need the service will continue to get it.

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